It isn't surprising that COVID-19 was disastrous for our country's economy. Millions died from COVID complications; offices, stores and factories closed; and people were forced to quarantine at home. The good news this week after Labor Day is

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were billed as the 'Hydrogen Olympics” Then along came COVID and sporting events worldwide were put on hold. The summer games were delayed until 2021. Postponing the games cost Japan billions and thwarted its efforts to

Massive forest fires in western parts of our country are not only choking us with layers of thick smoke but are leaving behind millions of acres of scorched hillsides, ridges, and valleys. According to the Arbor Day Foundation, record wildfire seasons

Over the last 40 years, our family has vacationed at the same place on the beach. While the buildings have been refurbished, the complex remains largely unchanged. The exception was last year when the COVID pandemic shut down travel and beach lodging.

It isn't often we hear good news from the Hanford, but the U.S. Department of Energy recently announced the nation's first commercial advanced nuclear power reactor would be developed on the massive federal reservation north of Richland, Washington.

The Ever Given cargo ship's grounding in one of the narrowest parts of the Suez Canal underscores the vulnerability of the world's supply chain. The reverberations will be felt for months as consumer demand, suppressed by the COVID pandemic, ramps up

Idaho Rep. Mike Simpson's $33 billion plan to remove the lower Snake River dams is unwise. However, if he pushes it, he needs to include the impact of breaching dams in his home state which completely shutoff salmon and steelhead migration. Simpson

Would you believe in the future when a cement truck shows up to pour your foundation or patio, the mixture could contain ground up wind turbine blades? As a part of new agreement between GE Renewable Energy and Veolia North America, old blades

Finally, the Federal Aviation Administration cleared Boeing's revamped 737 Max to return to service and Seattle Times aviation writer, Dominic Gates, reports its first flight is scheduled for Dec. 29.

To the average American, China's control of the world production, processing technology, and stockpile of critical metals is not their concern. However, to our military and high-tech leaders, it is a very big deal.